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than normal, or in any way no excessive as to raissit to the position of a national COOLNESS, AND ABSENCE OF danger. Wherever it has been suppressed, the use, and abuse, MAKES NO NOISE, A LADY IS of alcohol and other intoxicants SIRENE--Emerson, has been substituted. Apparent-

HEAT AND HASTE, INDICATE FINE QUALITIES. A GENTLEMAN

LAND GAMBLING,

Scheme To Stop Speculation.

BASEBALL

Notes on Saturday's Game.

A reader sends us the following

The Recreio team, who have

A scheme to put an end to Rocount of Saturday's baseball speculation in property, with a game vibw to bringing down the pro- Is the League of Nations' opium will join the

Surgeon-Lieutenant G. Kirker hibitive prices to which land has first game on Saturday afternoon The Hongkong team won their dommission is specially 0030ern Cricket, China Station, with sad so making it possible for the score of 7 to 8, in the presence river gunboat risen during the last few years by defeating the Recreio team by ed with the suppression of the effect from May 1.

resident of average means to own of a large crowd. The game turn. trade- lucrative one-carried

the house in which he lives, was ed out to be a fast one throughout on by European agents who. Whilst pushing an empty earth discussed with a Telegraph repre- and judging from Saturday's game manufacture morphia for the alley up a slope at the Taikos sen tative over the week end. The there should be a good brand of

Docks yesterday, a coolie was scheme comes from a gentleman Baseball

"dished Aslatio market. These men also struck as he was going along the with over a quarter of a century's summer.

out this supply most of the cocaine to be other set of lines by loaded experieans in land deals in this found in the East, and therein truck and killed almost simult studied the question from all two hits only and issued fourteen. In this game. "Big Eddie” Colony, sad he says ho has O'Connor held the Recreio to lies another danger, which is

aneously. likely to be enhanced were opium

points of view.

batters with tickets back to the Jumping out from a P.W.D. nutshell it is this. Any person

The scheme is simple. In s bench. eliminated except from medical motory lorry at Mel Wai, in the desiring land on which to build just opened up the baseball branch prescriptions. If the commission New Territories, a Chinese himself a dwelling house ap- of their club, played saappy ball a Geneva is able to curb the from behind. The driver of the usual way. The upset price is their team was D. Alves, short- killed by a motor car coming up prosches the Government in the and the outstanding player on drug traffic of the whole world latter vehicle is now being held fixed and the land put up for stop, who pulled off a spect- it will do much good. If it merely by the police on a charge of man-public suction, as customary at acular one-band catch, on the prevents the exportation of

slaughter.

present. The difference is in the run. Their pitaber received a opium products to Chins it will

conditions of sale. An additional fair amount of support from bis achieve hardly anything. There two days shows seven cases of would probibit the purchaser from the part of the Hongkong isam The health return for the past clause would be put in which team but the heavy batting on is nothing to prevent the growing plague, three of enteric fever, and dispasing, selling, leasing, renting prosed too strong. of the opium poppy in China it-two Bach of small-pox and or.in any way allowing the land self on a still greater scale than teric case, a Portuguese was the erect on it getting into the hands pitched in mid-season form for O'Connor "twirled " fast ball cerebro-spinal fever. In one en- and the building which he would and allowed only one walk, and at present. Eren &a edict obtain-fauferer; all the others were of any other person for, say, a entire seven innings and received ed from the Chinese Government Chiness.

period of ten years. In other good support from the balance of will have practically no effect.

words, the house which the the team. "Mickey Ryan, the The time might

The local Manager of the Chin-purchaser builds must be oc- Canton Irishman, has been trans- come when China will supply opium for the contradicts the report that Dr. and

Telegraph Administration cupied by himself and his family ferred to Hongkong and will at the rest of the world besides satisfy Sun Yat-sen has instructed the no-one else. If the purchaser team this year. Ryan was the his servants and by play first base for the local Mrsing all her own demands. The Hongkong Office of the Chinese desires to dispose of the property peppiest man on the field, skip opium commission will have to port to the General Head Quarter meat must be given the first offer, lantic City boardwalk lizzard, Telegraph Administration to re-within that ten years, the Govern ping around first base like an At take many such passibilities into in Canton henceforth instead of the price being the actual amount and his humorous actions on the consideration. and devise means Peking. He says the Chinese of money spent on the property field tend to put mach "pop" into of overcoming a number of ad-Hongkong is under the direct verse factors, before it can hope control of the Peking Govern-

Captain Koch is still on the in- This, says our informant, would jured list but turned out to coach to complete the task to which it meat and has nothing to do with put an end to the operations of his team on to vistory. He is bas bent its energies.

the Canton Government.

those who keep prices up merely expected back on the field in the for speculative purposes. No man course of a wook or so. Header The body of the late Mrs. M.

A notice appearing elsewhere is going to tie bis money up for, son, the Hongkong railroad.. Uschmann having been embalm The Rents Ordinance.

in this issue notifies the members, ten years and not get a single magaate knocked the pill for of Easma of the aaw arrange- ed, is expected to arrive in Hong.

cent return, and otherwise suffer tow of Siamese Pagodas and kong

There are some very wise and meats in connection with the the loss which he would do by breezed by second base like a shortly. The arrangements will be announced the draft of the Bill which is to This latest venture is proving would, under these conditions, gut in the act. Sammy Church funeral necessary proposals contained in launch service to their beach. the deterioration of the property human freight train, forgetting to

which he has put up. later

No man put on hia brakes and was tagged amend the Rents Ordinance.great success, so much so that These are based on an obvious launches have had to be engaged want to buy land unless he has at shaken the cobwebs from desire to be fair both to landlord with a passenger accommodation actually needed it to build a house his arms as yet, but should have and tenant. Sub-tecants and sub-of from 150 to 180 persons. The in which to live. This scheme his eye on the ball next game. lessees are very properly given al free musical bathing teas are down and the man of moderate game should be popular this year

would bring land values tumbling

The new twilight seven inning certain protection which they novel sad most enjoyable, and it; pught to enjoy, the status of the is hoped to further develop this means could buy A site for with the fans, as well as with the latter in regard to the giving form of outdoor entertainment

himself. His savings would players, as they will not have to of reconstruction notices being early in the season by organising house and if he were not suffic- coon sun, which tends to take the

go in building himself definitely defined We are still moonlight dancing and bathing iently well off. & Building Society pep out of the players and make a witness and play in the mid-after- THE OPIUM QUESTION. strongly of opioion, bowever, carnivale.

that there are further amend- maots needed. There should

BIRTH. ROSS-On May 28th. Peak Hospital. to Mr. and C. P. Ross, & daughter.

DEATH.

GOMES. At her residence No. 10, Macdonnel! Road, on May 26th, 1923, Mrs. Maria Francisca de Figueiredo e Gomes, aged 85

Fears.

ANNOUNCEMENT.

The Telegraph.

HONGKONG, 28th May, 1923.

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cent more, not even interest. Telegraph Administration by the purchaser, aud not one his team.

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could be formed to assist bim. If the fans most uncomfortable, he wanted to leave the Colony therefore all games will commence There is further discussion of be some power vested in the PIRATES STILL ACTIVE. years, be would hand his property well on his way towards the hori before the expiration of the ten at five p.m., when old "Solar" is the opium question by the League Government to disallow pulling of Nations, and this time it during abnormal periods unless rown of occupied property

back to the Government, who zon. The plans for the new grand- pears that a definite policy of such demolition is

would repay him every cent he stand have been completed and had spent on it. The land would construction will commence at an a necessity, Chinese Steamer Victimised. restriction of the traffic is to be and also in cases where it is

revert to the Crown and tho same early date and the fans will be set on foot. All honour to the obvious that there is not alterna-

The Woo Fu, a small Chinese- process would go na again. If comfortably taken care of this tive accommodation available for woed wooden steamer, trading on the other hand, the purchaser season. Any fans desiring ice- men who have set before them those given notice to quit. Then between here and Canton is the lived in the house for more than cold drink during the game may the ideal of weeding out the in connection with Clause 7 of the latest victim of the pirates. The ten Fears, he would have the secure same from the club rooms illicit trafficker and removing amending Bill it ought to be pos- ship was badly damaged; a large right to sell to the highest bidder. where a good supply is kept on temptation from the weak-willed

sible to introduce some Bub quantity of the cargo of dry pigs" The method of keeping a check ice. The ice-cream cone system section requiring the lessors, in food and even the tea cups, on these properties would be may be introduced this year, when humans who might become dope-notice to reconstruct or pull down, mattresses and bed sheets, were simple. The documents in con fans will be supplied with ice fende, as our American cousins to state the number of tenants taken away; and the Chinese nection with all land of this cream cones in the grandstand. have so expressively named them. affected, as such information Captain, ciembers of the crew description would be of distinc. The line-up was as follows:

would be of the utmost value to the and some of the passengers,;

tiue colour, say, blue. The proper- Hongkong Pa It is an ideal which deserves Government in deciding whether about a score in all, were kid- ties would be known on the market Proulx, 1st b. Ryan,

OConnor, C. better chances of succeeding alternativa accommodation were

2nd b. napped, presumably for ransom. as "blue" properties properties Davison, 2, Church, 3rd b. than, we fear, it will have. In available. Tenants will appre-

The Woo Fu left Hongkong on which could not be negotiated in Dowrick, rf. Henderson, cf taking into account the ordinary whereby they will be entitled to contact with the pirates early the colour would make them easy for Wallhmahn replaced Bradford in ciate the proposed amendment Thursday evening and came in any way. Also, the disctinctive Browning If Bradford. II frailties of human nature, and receive with a recocstruction next moroing, near the Lim Fathe Land Office to handle. 1. owing to illness, adding there to the incentive of notice

Subs. certificate from the mountain at Ma Chung creek. Ac-

Convert Agricultural Lands.

Carroll. modern modes and the nature of Building Authority that the pro-cording to a letter received by th

Recreio D. Alves ss., R. da A scheme, to assist in the devel- Rocha, 2nd b. D. Xavier, 1st b posed alterations would have the owners, the Ming Hing Steamship opment of the Colony, which was I. da Rocha, pg. Osmund Lf. present-day demands for relaxa-effect of making the premises a Compeay, from the compradore's put to the Telegraph representa- E. Da Soussa. H. Barro, C. tion after the strain and stress of "new building" within the mean- department of the ship, the vessel tive, was for the conversion of H. Prata C. 4. Remedios Sri. our times, we cannot hope to finding of the Ordinance. That ought was intercepted by

steam agricultural lands. All agrical Subs. D. Alves, J. Gommes, A. drug-addicts' reforming just be other amendments which we have military flag. The captain of the that area extending from Chin

to prevent deception. But these launch, flying the Chinese tural lands in Naw Kowloon Bay Botelho. cause a particular poison in this advocated seem to us a necessity number of man came aboard. south to the Kowloon range of at Happy Valley pitch at 5 p.m., Weo Fu stopped his ship and awan to Kowloon Old City to the Club will meet the Lusitano Club Next Saturday the Hongkong se opium and its products-is whilst conditions remaia as they made difficult to obtain. Will it

These men ordered the captain to bills-would be convertible. take the vessel into Ma Cheung be an example of liquor prohibi- New Routes to the East.

in a seven inaing game. creek, and the visitors commenced not as he wished. If he did, fifty The squatter could convert or tion over again. with an evil! illicit trade springing up to meet pleasure, or just to get away from and then left, taking the captain there would

Whether for business, or for to ransack the ship. The pirateeper cent. of the land would!

stayed aboard about two hours the demand? In the end it might the East to other climes, the dis; and about twenty others with premium for the balance to be

revert to the Crown

"KUMSANG". BACK, have to be mean merely more profit to the quicker method of travelling will thom.

Gone Into Dock. illicit deater and smuggler, and appeal to many. Those who wished had great difficulty in taking Also, there would be a stipulation sang, which went ashore off the Those of the crow who remain.be fixed by the Government. tion Company's vessel the Kum. - converted into an inland lot, to The Indo-China Steam Naviga- quicker ruination for the half-to make the most of a holiday, for the ship on to Cantou, but luckily that the building to be erected on Philippines on May 9th, has

instance, and find the six weeks After all, we wonder whether eats sadly into the period of leave, destination by noon the same day, land would be confiscated by tug Heary Keswick and has gone Gr so on board & ship, each way and they managed to reach their certain period, failing which the vessel was brought back by the

the pilot had evaded the pirates it must be completed within a returned to Hongkong. the whole matter is being tackled have recently been encouraged when the occurence was reported Crown. This would stop specula-into Kowloon Dook.

(and later disappointed) in the to the authorities, in a practical manner. The French belief that the Trans-Siberian delegate to the commission now railway would shortly be again sitting at Genevs points out that of travel comes voyaging. by air: conditions are suitable, and the approved by the Director of that there is a great dead of

available. Next to that method

city planning and should be tive recently heard allegations under the Hague Convention the Mach has been written about the journey will be a very short one. Public Works. consumption of opium in any proposed airship routes to the Far Barred to shipping, and even rail-

speculation going on by people form is legitimate in all countries East via Southern Europe, Arabia, way, by ice and snow most of as to what would become of the the Government at the upset: The question naturally arises who have been allocated land by India and Cochin-China, but the the year round, the North Polar squatters on the land if they sold price, without having to purchase in which it is not absolutely ides is still very much a specula- region promises to see the de-out. If these farmers and small at open auction. Our represents forbidden. This applies particu-tive one. There are many obvious velopment of a practicable air holders could command a fairly tive was given the details in some larly to China, which appears to drawbacks, chiefly in the matter traffic. The famous explorer high price for their land, it would oases and his informant stated have received the benevolent of expense, and the time saved Stefansson has been doing con enable them to roove to the New that he was able to produce proof attention of all those taking part make up for the additional risks connection, in planning the most sufficient capital to purchase lar-Land which has been obtained will not amount to much or siderable ploneer work in this Territories. They would have in support of his allegations. in the anti-opium campaign. As run.

More recently, however, favourable route, and his efforts ger holdings than they farm at from the Government in this way. bave pointed out when the question of aerial travel via should bear fruit before long, when present and would have money at prices varying from 10 centa previously commenting on the thee frozen Arctic wastes has voyage from wastern Europe to in hand in addition 'subject, the use of opium by advantages. The

to 15 cents a square foot is stated come to the fore, and offers many Eastern Asia could be accom- In connection with the land to be changing hands at $1 and,

atmospheric plished within a week or ten days,problem, a Telegraph reprezenta-1$2" a square fook.

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